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A story at once mythic and strikingly timely, Sarah Moss's Ghost Wall urges us to wonder how far we have come from the 'primitive minds' of our ancestors.

About the Author

Sarah Moss was educated at Oxford University and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. She is the author of four novels: Cold Earth, Night Waking, which was selected for the Fiction Uncovered Award in 2011, Bodies of Light and Signs for Lost Children; and the co-author of Chocolate: A Global History. She spent 2009-10 as a visiting lecturer at the University of Reykjavik, and wrote an account of her time there in Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland (Granta 2012), which was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2013. Born and bred in England’s North West, Christine trained at Manchester University. Having worked on television shows such as Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere, Emmerdale and Coronation Street, Christine recognised her great love of working with accents and followed her dream of becoming a voiceover artist. After many years working in the industry, there is very little that Christine hasn’t put her voice to: video games, audiobooks, TV and radio adverts, live continuity and much more.

Reviews

'This book ratcheted the breath out of me so skilfully, that as soon as I'd finished, the only thing I wanted was to read it again.'
*Jessie Burton*

'Ghost Wall grabs you by the guts and never lets go. Dazzling.'
*Elizabeth Day, award-winning journalist, author and podcaster*